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Poetry
Anthologies

Another Desert Jewish Poetry of New Mexico edited
by Joan Logghe and Miriam Sagan

ISBN 0-9644196-9-6,
Tradepaper, $15.00

This collection blends the history,
celebrations, and reconciliation of ancient Jewish traditions with life
in
New Mexico. The circle of the Jewish year is saturated by the New
Mexico
experience as tashlich is performed in a precious desert river, and
Passover
coincides with Good Friday pilgrims making a holy journey to the
Santuario
de Chimayo. At root these are poems of faith—in the beauty of the
desert, in
the survival of tradition and memory, and ultimately in the ability of
language to contain and express experience.

This ground-breaking bilingual
collection of work from a distinguished group of poets explores the
rich mosaic of
Jewish identity immersed in Latin American culture. Miriam’s
Daughters raises questions about the impact of the Diaspora
and the experience of post-Holocaust generations. Divided by
theme the collection consists of four sections: Genealogies,
Illuminations, The Texture of Memory, and Jerusalem.

These poems blaze
through lineage, heartbreak, geography and history, always affirming
the power of language and life itself. They make me long for more.
—Katie Singer, author of The Wholeness of a Broken Heart

Drink from the sweet
waters of Miriam’s well—contributing Latina daughters, in proper
corazon, sing to and savor the sacred reservoir that belongs to Miriam.
—Dr. Isabelle Medina Sandoval, Anousi Poet and Professor

Extraordinary collection of
poetry on peace
as more than antiwar. What is peace and how do we get it? How do we
sustain
those moments of peace? 91 poets including Naomi Shihab Nye, Judy
Chicago,
Thomas Fitzsimmons, Joy Harjo, Margaret Randall, Ruth Stone, Gary
Lawless
and Arthur Sze bring us a diverse and intimate look.

Written with a Spoon,A Poet's
Cookbook edited by Nancy Fay and Judith Rafaela

ISBN
1-890932-22-1 Paper, 200 pages, $12.95

A treat for poets, cooks, and
cookbook collectors, this eclectic collection is fiiled with peotry of
substance and sweetness, meals of metaphor and meaning, and a
sprinkling of fresh haiku between courses.

Over seventy recipes are paired
with related poems weaving into the ingredient list a touch of romance
and a
spoonful of laughter.

Great poetry
does
for me what it's supposed to-evokes and recreates the powerful emotions
that inspired the poet in the first place. But who would have thought
that fine poetry could come from the kitchen? that cilantro could call
forth the Muse? Reading this book is a sensual experience of the
hightest order.
-The Fresno Bee

Poetry lovers who enjoy
cooking will like this one. A good read.--
The Cookbook Collector

XY Files: Poems on the Male
Experienceedited by Judith Rafaela and Nancy Fay

ISBN 0-9644196-6-1 Paper, 224
pages, $15.00

The title
reflects the biological
marker of maleness, the "XY" chromosome. This poetic documentary, 170
poems,
celebrates the complex lives of men at the end of the twentieth
century. The
poets, male and female, young and old, straight, gay, adopted personas,
and
ethnically diverse have written about masculine myths, mysteries, and
every
day life with honesty and tenderness.

The 224 page
book is
organized into files representing facets of the male experience: work,
love,
fathers and sons, outdoor life, the body, risk taking, archetypes,
elegies
and what men talk about.

The
editors note that the book is
dedicated to the men in their lives who

"challenged us, cherished
us,
infuriated us and been our allies."

What the
critics are
saying:

"If,
to paraphrase Socrates, the unexamined
life is not worth living, what he should have added is that the
examined
life is tremendously exciting, enriching, and great fun.

In the XY Files are
poems of life, indeed, for anyone who has ever loved, hated , or been a
man.

Here are
almost two-hundred poems full of the
music of male-ness, of multitudes of voices concerned with the growing
and
changing lives of men, and the women who can also speak to the male
experience of our century"

David Keller, poet, author of Land That
Wasn't
Ours

"As I
read theses moving poems, I found my self coming
face to face with myself and other men I know. This is truly a book for
Everyman (and for anyone who wants a peek at what makes him tick)"Paul
Janeczko, poet, co-editor with Naomi Shihab Nye of I Feel a
Little
Jumpy
Around You (Her Poems and His Poems Collected in Pairs)